Author: Lamar
For Missouri community newspapers, Potter Ambassador Program has lasting impacts
During the past three years, about 20 Missouri newspapers have benefited from one-on-one help learning and honing various digital skills such as shooting mobile video or engaging with audiences on social media as part of the Potter Ambassador Program.
Expandable Audio Journalism: The next frontier for podcasting
News story listeners will get prompts to decide if they want to learn more about a person, topic, or place.
What’s Working: How to build a foundation for effective service journalism
When looking at the news media business alongside the rise of the internet and digital platforms, it’s almost always cast as an unfortunate, if not tragic, decline.
DSLR to mobile: Dongles tips and tricks
We piloted DSLR dongles, which enable newsrooms to stream video directly from professional cameras to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and other live platforms.
AP push alert project: Face-to-face collaboration is key
At the Associated Press, we wanted to take a closer look at our push alerts to our readers and increase collaboration between the editorial and products teams.
RJI drone journalism director proposes ID rule alternative to the FAA
RJI’s Director of Aerial Journalism Stacey Woelfel drafted a comment that explains the concerns journalists have over the potential for law enforcement to monitor drone-based newsgathering activity and suggested an alternative.
Hey, newsrooms! Finding out what’s going on in your state capital just got easier
We’re excited to announce that the most-requested feature, bill tracking and alerts, has come to the new OpenStates.org!
Post Episode 19: Journalists expose uneven power dynamics, greed and corruption
In Episode 19, Post discusses stories highlighted in the most recent issue of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Journal.
Baltimore Sun digital journalist named Rising Star Scholarship winner of POY competition
Award-winning documentary photographer and Baltimore Sun digital journalist Thalia Juarez of Baltimore is the 2020 Rising Star Scholarship winner, an initiative of the Pictures of the Year competition.
RJI Fellow’s tool measures ‘impact with context’
With newsrooms becoming leaner, time and resources are limited to manually track the full impact of stories beyond page views and clicks, says RJI Fellow Leezel Tanglao.